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Augmented Reality Billiards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the justify-this-in-the-budget dept.

scubacuda writes: "Wired.com reports that Columbia's CS Department has designed a new gadget designed to "take the brainwork out of billiards" and help the average player eventually take on professional pool sharks. The Stochasticks consists of a 5-by-10-inch laptop carried in a backpack, a half-centimeter-by-1-inch long lipstick camera and a headset. Pool experts, such as Mike Spinkle, president of United States Poolplayer Association, say that this device makes it easier to visualize the angles."

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  1. I have one of those. by Apuleius · · Score: 1, Troll

    But it runs Windows, and is constantly
    BSODing my headset, so my game really
    hasn't improved much. Really. You can
    play against me if you want, but I won't
    be much of a challenge.